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US7684830B2
US7684830B2 US11/075,249 US7524905A US7684830B2 US 7684830 B2 US7684830 B2 US 7684830B2 US 7524905 A US7524905 A US 7524905A US 7684830 B2 US7684830 B2 US 7684830B2
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04BTRANSMISSION
    • H04B1/00Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
    • H04B1/38Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
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    • H04B1/44Transmit/receive switching
    • H04B1/46Transmit/receive switching by voice-frequency signals; by pilot signals
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    • H04LTRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00Data switching networks
    • H04L12/28Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04MTELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

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  • This invention relates generally to communication link usage and more particularly to communication link status indication.
  • Communication devices comprise a generally well-understood area of endeavor including, but not limited to, two-way communications based upon, for example, wireless cellular telephony and the like.
  • the system infrastructure will assign or otherwise facilitate the allocation of wireless resources (such as, but not limited to, radio frequency carriers, time slots, spreading codes, and so forth) to support a given communication session.
  • wireless resources such as, but not limited to, radio frequency carriers, time slots, spreading codes, and so forth
  • the constituent elements and the totality of such allocated wireless resources can be viewed as a communication link.
  • wireless communication links are subject to various operational circumstances that can lead to abrupt termination of the communication link. For example, a given user may move from one cell site to another cell site that has no currently available resources to commit to supporting a present conversation being conducted by that user. When this happens, there is typically no specific indication to the user that such a drop in services has occurred. Instead, the user may continue to engage in their part of the conversation until finally determining that they are receiving no response from the other party.
  • Such circumstances can significantly negatively impact user experience, in part owing to the problem of determining how much information was actually conveyed to the other party in order to later continue that conversation with as little overlap or missed information content as possible.
  • FIG. 1 comprises a flow diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention
  • FIG. 2 comprises a flow diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 comprises a block diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • a unique corresponding signal is provided at the communication device to indicate termination of that communication link to a user of the communication device.
  • the corresponding signal is unique in that the signal is not used for other annunciation or notice purposes. For example, the communication device will not use this signal to also indicate the existence of an incoming call.
  • the unique signal comprises an audible signal.
  • a plurality of candidate unique signals are available at the communication device. So configured, a user, for example, can select particular candidate unique signals to use in particular circumstances or settings to customize their user experience to their satisfaction.
  • the unique signal itself can comprise any of a wide variety of audible or other content, including but not limited to musical content, verbal content, sound effects content, and so forth.
  • a user will receive a positive indication whenever a communication link being used by their communication device terminates. This, in turn, can be used to assure the user that the communication link is, in fact, operational at times when the user expects the communication link to be operational and terminated at times when the user expects termination to occur. If desired, these assurances are delivered in a customized and pleasing fashion that enhances and personalizes the user experience
  • a two-way communication device of choice detects 11 when a presently established communication link is terminating. This can comprise, for example, determining at the communication device itself that a wireless communication link is terminating.
  • the communication device can continue with its other usual and ordinary activities. Upon detecting such termination, however, the communication device can optionally select 12 a unique signal (for example, from amongst a plurality of candidate unique signals 13 ).
  • the unique signal will comprise, in general a user-discernable signal such as a unique auditory signal, visual signal, or haptic sensation (such as a vibration pattern).
  • the unique signal comprises an audible signal.
  • the audio signal content itself can comprise any known or hereafter-developed audio signal content including but not limited to a monophonic series of tones, a polyphonic series of tones, and/or digitized audio (such as MP3-compatible digitized audio). Such audio signal content examples are all well understood in the art and require no further elaboration here.
  • such an audible signal can comprise any audible content that is capable of uniquely identifying a termination event as disclosed below. A non-exhaustive listing of representative examples would include:
  • this selection step 12 will typically comprise selection of a particular signal from amongst the plurality of available signals.
  • the selection criteria itself can vary with the needs and/or requirements of a given application and setting. To illustrate, one can select a particular unique signal from amongst a plurality of available unique signals as a function, at least in part, of at least one of:
  • the communication unit then provides 14 a unique corresponding signal at the communication device to indicate termination of the communication link.
  • the provided unique signal will comprise the previously selected unique signal when a particular signal has been optionally selected from amongst a plurality of unique signals as described above.
  • these teachings are not particularly sensitive to the selection and/or use of any particular approach in this regard. Therefore, for the sake of brevity and the preservation of narrative focus, further detailed description of such techniques will not be provided here.
  • these teachings can be employed to facilitate a unique audible notice as to when a wireless communication link has become terminated for whatever reason.
  • at least one audible signal can be provided at a two-way wireless communication device, which audible signal is uniquely used to identify termination of the wireless communication link but which is not to be used to identify other events, conditions, and/or states at this communication device.
  • the audible signal can be rendered audible to thereby provide a unique audible signal to a user of the two-way wireless communication device that the given wireless communication link has been terminated.
  • the device can simply be loaded with one or more such signals as a factory preset.
  • one or more such unique signals can optionally be downloaded 15 to the two-way communication device. Such downloading can be facilitated in any of a wide variety of manners in accordance with well understood prior art technique, including by transmission of the corresponding data to the two-way communication device using a wireless carrier channel.
  • Such storage can be conditioned as desired. For example, a pre-established limit may be provided to prevent storage and/or use of the downloaded signal beyond a given date, time, or event. In other cases, it may be preferable to permit unconditioned use of downloaded unique signals.
  • an appropriate accounting platform for the service provider can facilitate assessing 22 a corresponding fee.
  • a specific one-time fee may be assessed for each downloaded unique signal.
  • a fee may be assessed for each time the unique signal is used by a given two-way communication device.
  • a monthly fee may be assessed for so long as a given communication device retains the stored unique signal.
  • a given communication device 30 can comprise, in relevant part, a communication link termination detector 31 of choice that operably couples to, for example, a transceiver 32 . So configured, the communication link termination detector 31 serves, at least in part, to monitor the operation of the transceiver 32 and in particular to detect when a communication link (such as a wireless communication link) being used by the transceiver 32 has been terminated for whatever reason.
  • a communication link such as a wireless communication link
  • the communication link termination detector 31 operably couples to a signal driver 33 such as, in a preferred approach, an audible signal driver.
  • a signal driver 33 such as, in a preferred approach, an audible signal driver.
  • the latter serves to drive a user perceivable signal output 34 of choice and as may be appropriate to compatibly audibilize the signal content of choice.
  • the signal driver 33 operably couples to a memory 35 having one or more audible signals stored therein. So configured, the signal driver 33 can select a particular one of a plurality of stored audible signals when the memory 35 has a corresponding plurality of such signals stored therein.
  • a user may wish to temporarily defeat the above-described operability. For example, a given user may wish to disable this capability for some period of time while engaged in a particular activity or while visiting a particular venue. As another example, a given user may wish to effect an early conclusion of a provided signal during playback.
  • a user-selectable signal driver inhibit 36 can be operably coupled to the signal driver 33 to permit and facilitate such an action.
  • Such a mechanism can assume any suitable form factor and human-machine interface of choice, including but not limited to push buttons, sliding switches, touch screen displays, a voice recognition interface, and so on.

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MX2007010961A MX2007010961A (es) 2005-03-08 2006-02-17 Metodo y aparato de senal de indicacion de terminacion de enlace de comunicaciones.
RU2007137001/09A RU2007137001A (ru) 2005-03-08 2006-02-17 Способ и устройство индикации сигнала о прекращении работы линии связи
AU2006221006A AU2006221006B8 (en) 2005-03-08 2006-02-17 Communication link termination indication signal method and apparatus
PCT/US2006/005841 WO2006096307A2 (en) 2005-03-08 2006-02-17 Communication link termination indication signal method and apparatus
CA002600971A CA2600971A1 (en) 2005-03-08 2006-02-17 Communication link termination indication signal method and apparatus
NZ561459A NZ561459A (en) 2005-03-08 2006-02-17 Communication link termination indication signal method and apparatus
KR1020077022705A KR20070117641A (ko) 2005-03-08 2006-02-17 통신 링크 종결 표시 신호를 위한 방법 및 기기
EP06720880A EP1861992A4 (en) 2005-03-08 2006-02-17 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR END OF COMMUNICATION LINK INDICATION SIGNAL
JP2008500725A JP2008533814A (ja) 2005-03-08 2006-02-17 通信リンクの終了を示すシグナル方法およびシグナル装置
BRPI0608344-7A BRPI0608344A2 (pt) 2005-03-08 2006-02-17 método de sinal de indicação de terminação de ligação de comunicação, dispositivo de comunicação, e, método de facilitar uma notificação audìvel sobre quando uma ligação de comunicação sem fio é terminada
CNA2006800072338A CN101185317A (zh) 2005-03-08 2006-02-17 通信链路终止指示信号方法和装置
US11/757,800 US20070224984A1 (en) 2005-03-08 2007-06-04 Communication Link Termination Indication Signal and Secondary Signal Method and Apparatus
NO20074625A NO20074625L (no) 2005-03-08 2007-09-12 Fremgangsmate og anordning for visningssignal om terminering av kommunikasjonsforbindelse
ZA200708111A ZA200708111B (en) 2005-03-08 2007-09-20 Communication link termination indication signal method and apparatus
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